Short wide hollow form. Title, Gravity

I’ve always wanted to do one of these so the other night I finally got around to it. Not sure what the wood is but it stands 3-3/4” tall & 11” wide. The finish is 2 coats of Tung oil so far. Please enjoy.

Fabulous piece Bill, spotted this over on W/unlimited http://www.woodturnersunlimited.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1892Timber has a similar colour to a couple of lovely pieces sent to me by John Spitters which are spalted maple.Love to see your tool for getting up n under the inside top, these pieces are very time consuming with continual measuring the thickness.Top turn :)Pete

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

I fully appreciate the challenge that such a piece presents. So David Ellsworth got to you ehh? That’s a pretty small entry hole to work from and judging from your past work I can be pretty confident that wall thickness is uniform. Congratulations on another fine piece of work.

Alright guys, I’m letting the cat out of the bag, this is a 2 piece vessel. I developed a technique where I turn about a 3-1/2” ring around the hole to use as a tenon for the chuck. This allows me to chuck it up from the top to turn the inside. Then once glued together I turn away the tenon & just leave the smooth transition to the hole. I’ve seen other 2 piece hollow forms like this but they have a large hole which allows chucking in from the inside of the hole. My technique allows a small hole which give the perception that it’s one piece. So now you all know the secret.